Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering originally appointed in 2008. Dominic is Founder and Director of the Intelligent Efficiency Research Group (IERG) an award winning team of PhD and Masters Researchers specialising in the advancement of the next generation of energy efficiency technologies. Areas of research interest include energy efficiency and demand side management in industry and buildings. More specifically Dominic’s research considers using IT to support this increasingly important area of Engineering. Dominic formerly led an energy consultancy business and has supported a number of multinationals across Ireland, Europe and the US in reducing energy consumption. He has maintained industry links since returning to academia working with a number of industries in his I2E2 (Innovation for Ireland’s Energy Efficiency) research projects, such as Intel, De Puy, Xerox, Analog and Hewlett Packard. Dominic has also worked with the IERC (International Energy Research Centre) which includes Bell Labs and UTRC (United Technology Research Centre) amongst its member companies. Dominic has secured over €4.5 million in research funding for UCC. He has over 50 journal papers published to date. Dominic is the top cited researcher in Intelligent Efficiency according to google scholar, and ranks in the top 10 cited in areas of Measurement and Verificaiton and Automation and Control.

Founder and Director of The Intelligent Efficiency Research Group (IERG) - Applying Smart Analytics to Improve Performance The Intelligent Efficiency Research Group is an award winning team of phd and masters researchers specialising in the advancement of the next generation of energy efficiency technologies. The research focus of the group centers on four core areas: · The development of intelligent analytics systems to support industrial energy management.The incorporation of fault detection and diagnostics to industrial energy systems.Building energy performance simulation.The application of next generation renewable and sustainable energy systems to industry. Sample of significant projects: Carbon Neutral Building Project Funding: €500,000 Duration: Dec 2008-Sep 2014 Source: Private Donor The Carbon Neutral Building Project (CNBP) is researching the renovation of buildings to reduce their carbon footprint. The CNBP will deliver system solutions that are not alone strategically driven but are also environmentally and economically sustainable. Retrofit solutions will be proposed by an energy efficiency retrofitting modelling tool with solution optimization capabilities. Genetic algorithms for optimisation combined with static modelling technologies were used to deliver a solution. The project used existing UCC buildings to analyse, test and develop a hypothesis for optimal renovation towards achieving carbon neutrality. I2E2 Appropriate Working Environments Scoping Phase Funding: €255,000 Duration: Jan 2009-Dec 2010 Source: I2E2 (Innovation for Ireland’s Energy Efficiency) This research, funded by a consortium of multinationals with a presence in Ireland (e.g. Intel, A

Teaching interests include energy efficiency and demand side management in industry and buildings. These are taught across a range of modules including “Energy in Buildings”, “Energy Systems” and “Design Studio (HVAC)”. Through these modules I have led the Building Services stream offered to both Energy and Civil Engineering students over the last 15 years. This discipline is pivotal to achievement of climate goals and in particular delivery of the National Climate Action Plan incorporating delivery of energy efficiency and energy efficient buildings in accordance with SDG9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure) and SDG11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities). The readiness of our Graduates, in particular those specialising in my Building Services options, has been commended by a number of multinational and indigenous Engineering houses. Dominic’s research focuses on using IT to support energy efficiency, termed Intelligent Efficiency. This concept has been brought across to my teaching portfolio recently in creating a new module “Data Analytics for Engineers” to satisfy an increasing demand for data analysis skills for our Engineers across the School of Engineering. While this module was originally intended for Energy Engineers, it is now offered across the School and has had an unprecedented demand since its inception. Dominic curently has 5 PhD students under his supervision and 2 postdocs.